Being there creating home for migrant and refugee women using participatory design approaches through Virtual Reality.

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Abstract

The growth of migrants and refugees puts pressure on the building of temporary settlements. Most are designed based on functional aspects, especially during Covid crisis. Emotional well-being connected to the notion of home is missing, impeding an inclusive community. Being There is a VR-experience of migration spaces developed through participatory-design approaches centred around needs connected to home. Thematic analysis based on 28 interviews with Latin-American migrant/refugee women and volunteers, revealed the meaning of home, based on: culture, temporary transition, togetherness, and journey. The insights were used to create the VR animations (of the journey), the ideal temporary space, the interactions (with migrant voice-overs) and Volumetric-Captured character scenarios. It revealed the importance and possibilities to translate notions of home into VR-experiences to raise empathy and awareness for the importance of designing settlements regarding sense of home and shows how VR helps architects to understand, design and communicate temporary spaces.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationExtended Reality and Metaverse - Immersive Technology in Times of Crisis
EditorsT Jung, C tom Dieck, SM Correia Loureiro
PublisherSpringer
Pages332-345
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9783031253898, 9783031253904
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Publication series

NameSpringer Proceedings in Business and Economics
ISSN (Print)2198-7246
ISSN (Electronic)2198-7254

Keywords

  • VR
  • Virtual Reality
  • migrants
  • refugees
  • women
  • participatory design pproaches

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